{"id":7,"date":"2025-06-09T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:22:28","slug":"ph-d-in-educational-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/ph-d-in-educational-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. in Educational Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Ph.D. in Educational Leadership serves as an extension of the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership<\/a>, with concentrations in K-12. Students in the program may take an additional 12\u201315 credits en route to earning the Ph.D., including additional coursework focusing on university teaching, research methods and applications extending beyond the dissertation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (K-12) At-a-Glance<\/h3>

Course Format<\/b>: Online and asynchronous
<\/span>Program Duration<\/b>: 3-4 years\u00a0
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Why Earn a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Saint Peter\u2019s University?<\/h3>

At the dissertation stage, students are encouraged to conduct research that improves the lives of others in the practice of education. This method truly embodies the Saint Peter\u2019s University Jesuit value of being \u201cmen and women for others\u201d through our commitment to service, inclusion and academic excellence. Using this lens, students will explore new facets of education and how they can be of service in their organization and community.<\/p>

  • How does the American political and policy arena impact current educational and societal policy issues, both historically and legally?<\/li>
  • What roles do diversity, motivation, individual differences, group dynamics, decision-making, cooperation, teamwork, management, professional development and quality improvement programs play in the educational workplace?<\/li>
  • Where do innovative strategies used in modern society impact leadership in relation to efficacy and institutional change in an educational setting?<\/li>
  • How do economic principles and national income measures related to public education impact revenue, expenditures, and fiscal problems, including federal, state, and local aid, taxation, planning, debt management, income, investments and cost forecasting.<\/li><\/ul>

    Unique to Saint Peter\u2019s University is the one-on-one advising that all students enrolled in the Ph.D. program will receive. Upon admission, each student will be assigned a faculty member as an academic advisor who will help them along their journey through courses, research and dissertation, and be a mentor for the student during their time at Saint Peter\u2019s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Career Opportunities<\/h3>

    This program is career focused and perfect for those looking to join career fields in university settings, the non-profit space, grant leadership and research.<\/p>

    Graduates could pursue such careers paths as:<\/p>

    • Chief Learning Officer<\/li>
    • Professor<\/li>
    • Education Policy Analyst<\/li>
    • Non-Profit Executive Director<\/li>
    • School Principal<\/li>
    • District-Wide Administrator<\/li>
    • District Superintendent<\/li>
    • Educational Consultant<\/li>
    • Curriculum Developer<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Ph.D. in Educational Leadership serves as an extension of the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, with concentrations in K-12. Students in the program may take an additional 12\u201315 credits en route to earning the Ph.D., including additional coursework focusing on university teaching, research methods and applications extending beyond the dissertation. Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (K-12) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1293,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/academics\/graduate-programs\/doctorate-educational-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}